Family photos on the summit 26 May 2009 Just six days ago I’d wearily downclimbed to Everest’s base camp. As I sat in a small blue tent that evening tenuously perched over one particularly malodorous barrel, a loud rockslide thundered directly towards me. I briefly thought of the irony of it all: I had finally [...]

Astronaut Scott Parazynski and Sherpa Danuru check in from Everest base camp after their successful summit at Mount Everest. Scott, who has flown on five shuttle mission and completed 7 spacewalks, told Miles O’Brien the experience was “the most challenging thing I have ever done.” Post-summit Skype with Miles, Danuru and Keith Share and Enjoy:

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Image: An Astronaut Holds Apollo 11 Moon Rocks atop Everest with the Moon High Above Image: Scott moments after arriving at the summit Image: Scott Parazynski, The first Astronaut to Stand Atop Mt. Everest Image: The airy summit ridge, as seen on the descent Image: Banner honoring SPOT, our corporate sponsor Image: Explorers Club Flag [...]

Descent from the summit Scott Parazynski and other IMG climbers descend down the summit ridge on Mt. Everest on 20 May 2009 just after 4:00 am local time. OnOrbit video by Danuru Sherpa of Phortse, Nepal. Share and Enjoy:

Discovery: “Our first Everest team reached the summit early this morning and we have Sherpa Cam footage beamed straight from the summit to your computer in record time. These videos were sent to us by Keith Cowing two to three hours max after summit. Discovery Channel along with the Everest climbers and crew members are proud [...]

Eric Simonson just phoned in from Everest to let us know that our first summit team has successfully reached the summit and is now on their way down. They got an early start and most of them summitted between 4 and 4:30am, just as dawn was breaking over the Himalayas. Summiters include three members of [...]

Scott Parazynski and his Sherpa Danuru are standing on the summit of Mt. Everest as of 6:15 pm EDT – 4 am Nepal time Scott was at the south summit 8,750 m (28,700 ft) of Mt Everest at 2:35 am local time. Main summit is at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). 8:26 pm Nepal time: Scott [...]

Miles O’Brien: “As Scott pointed out in his last Skype chat with me, the trip down the mountain is considered the most perilous. First, climbers are pretty well spent by the time they make it to the summit (Scott had been climbing non-stop for 10 hours to get there) and second, tripping on crampons going down [...]

Departing CIV for the summit Scott Parazynski and other IMG climbers prepare for their summit push at the South Col (Camp IV) on Mt. Everest on 19 May 2009 at 8:20 pm local time. OnOrbit video by Danuru Sherpa of Phortse, Nepal. Share and Enjoy: